2016.10

A surprisingly muggy November afternoon gave way to a pleasant evening which saw an astounding 27 players cram into the garage and throw down for some serious tournament poker action.

We had two bust outs just before the break, and then afterwards action heated up even more - with yours truly busting after just 2 1/2 hours of play.

The third table broke just after the second break and play continued on for another hour and a half before the final table formed.

Players moved around quite a bit as bust outs seemed to alternate tables more than usual.

Final table - does Garner know something the rest don't?

Just after 11 the bubble approached fast.  Marc busted out and was ready to blast out the door, but then realized he had actually squeaked into the money - getting his buy in back plus a bounty in sixth place.

Next to exit was the always quiet and reserved Tommy who scooped up double his buy in plus a bounty or two in fifth place.

It's hard to believe but four handed play lasted another 45 minutes, with no one wanting to crank up the aggression, patience ruled the day - and finally Kat succumbed to a fourth place finish but collected a nice $160 plus $10 in bounties for her efforts.

Three handed play again dragged on a bit as 1am approached.  At different times both Tony G. and Jeff S. had accumulated a wall  of chips, but saw them knocked down a bit by some rather nasty results courtesy of the poker Gods.  

Coming up on 1am, with everyone pretty close to even, the idea of a three way chop was floated and accepted, with each player collecting $250 and the bounties they held.

But play continued for the vaunted Tournament of Champions seat.   Jeff S. busted out next in third place, and then there were two.  Tony had the chip lead by quite a bit, but as we all know in poker...

Heads up play was brief but intense - a few suck-outs to be sure - and at quarter after 1 the dust finally settled and we had our champ!

Turns out he did know something the rest didn't!

Congrats to Garner for locking up his seat in January's T.O.C.!  A big thanks to everyone who came out and made the evening fun as always.

There's only one more chance to win a seat in 2015, this will happen on the second Saturday in December, the 10th.  Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel.   As always, the December tournament at PSP will feature surprises and goodies for our players.  Hope you can make it! Stay tuned for the evite!

Until then, peace and we out!